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	<title>videogaming247 &#187; MMO</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Empyerian Age trailer released for EVE Online</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/empyerian-age-trailer-released-for-eve-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 19:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Evil Avatar carries word that CCP&#8217;s released a new EVE trailer for the upcoming Empyerian Age expansion.
As ever, the footage of the space-based MMO is stunning. Well worth a view.
The Empyerian Age will be released in June and focuses on factional warfare. Plenty of info though the link.
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		<title>Vivendi Q1 revenue down 24%</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/vivendi-q1-revenue-down-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:10:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Vivendi released first quarter financials last night, showing a drop in first quarter revenue of 24 percent year on year, down to €221 million.
Nearly 87 percent of that figure - €192 million - came from Blizzard.
The drop, the company said, was rather a spike in the corresponding previous quarter thank to the release of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real money trading for The Agency</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/real-money-trading-for-the-agency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 06:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
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SOE&#8217;s announced that upcoming spy MMO The Agency will come complete with real money transactions thank to a partnership with Live Gamer.
The move has sparked speculation that the game will be free to play when it releases later this year.
Press release after the link.
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		<title>Polar bear mounts in Wrath of the Lich King?</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/polar-bear-mounts-in-wrath-of-the-lich-king/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/15/polar-bear-mounts-in-wrath-of-the-lich-king/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:28:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this WorldofWar piece, Blizzard staffer have been hinting that Wrath of the Lich King - the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion - will include polar bear mounts.
We love polar bears. On the downside (we think), Amani war bears are being taken out of the add-on. We&#8217;re not going to lie to you: we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funcom gets the hump about cancelled pre-orders - beta now closed</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/funcom-gets-the-hump-about-cancelled-pre-orders-beta-now-closed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 19:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/funcom-gets-the-hump-about-cancelled-pre-orders-beta-now-closed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a message on the Funcom forums saying that Early Access keys to the Age of Conan beta are now sold out and that access is closed.
&#8220;We here at Funcom are extremely happy with the demand that has been for our Early Access program. That demand has been so immense, that we are now [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCsoft announces MMO &#8220;starter packs&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ncsoft-announces-mmo-starter-packs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/ncsoft-announces-mmo-starter-packs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 17:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
NCsoft has released £1.99 &#8220;starter packs&#8221; of its larger MMO titles, such as City of Heroes, City of Villains, Guild Wars and Lineage II, the company confirmed today.
The packs contain the game and two week&#8217;s free play, after which gamers can decide whether or not they want to go back to the retailer and buy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Requiem: Bloodymare open beta sign-up starts today</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/requiem-bloodymare-open-beta-sign-up-starts-today/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/requiem-bloodymare-open-beta-sign-up-starts-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
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The Gaming Today chaps bring word that registration for Requiem: Bloodymare&#8217;s open beta is now live. You can start playing tomorrow, apparently, and can download the client from the site. It all looks very horrific and fighty, so if blood and pointy things float your boat you&#8217;ve found a new home. Check it out. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Wrath of the Lich King shots released</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/new-wrath-of-the-lich-king-shots-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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Here you go, Oli. Blizzard&#8217;s put out some new WoW: Wrath of the Lich King screens, as you can see on GameInfoWire. There are only six of them, and they&#8217;re all of, like, &#8220;halls&#8221;, but beggars can&#8217;t be choosers. Take a look. The upcoming Warcraft update releases towards the end of the year.
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		<title>New WAR screens posted</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/new-war-screens-posted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/14/new-war-screens-posted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 06:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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IGN&#8217;s put up some new shots of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, and it looks to have taken quite a graphical kick, if our memory&#8217;s still working. We may even try this, despite the horrors of the MMO never-leave-the-computer. That&#8217;s how radical we are. Go see.
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		<title>Age of Conan beta hits 1 million, game slips three days in Europe</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/13/age-of-conan-beta-hits-1-million-game-slips-three-days-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/13/age-of-conan-beta-hits-1-million-game-slips-three-days-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/13/age-of-conan-beta-hits-1-million-game-slips-three-days-in-europe/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eidos just confirmed that the Age of Conan beta has hit a million sign-ups.
“Funcom has not been able to find any higher beta numbers for MMOs in the western world,” said Morten Larssen, Funcom sales boss. “We believe it represents the largest ever beta sign-up figure in the history of the genre.”
Tiny bit of bad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA Games shouts about big summer line-up</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/13/confirmed-rock-band-wii-for-june-22-in-europe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/13/confirmed-rock-band-wii-for-june-22-in-europe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 09:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA&#8217;s just put a press release listing all its upcoming summer releases, including details for Battlefield: Bad Company, Burnout Paradise updates, Command &#038; Conquer 3: Kane’s Wrath, Mass Effect for PC, Rock Band Wii (US-only, we assume), Spore Creature Creator, Spore and Mercenaries 2: World in Flames.
The release points out that the likes of Battlefield [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age of Conan feat calculator launched</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/12/age-of-conan-feat-calculator-launched/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/12/age-of-conan-feat-calculator-launched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Funcom has launched a feat calculator website that &#8220;is a tool for player to explore the various options available to them for their character&#8217;s builds, without having to worry about in-game costs to retrain their feats.&#8221;
&#8220;This tool will allow you to view all of the feats for every single class, and interact with them in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tabletop heritage will affect 40K MMO, says Vigil</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/12/tabletop-heritage-will-affect-40k-mmo-says-vigil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 18:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Vigil Games’ General Manager David Adams has added plenty of intriguing info on the upcoming Warhammer 40K MMO in this PC Gamer interview - printed in its entirety after being piece-mealed here last month - including an assurance that the franchise&#8217;s tabletop past will lend a helping hand on the action&#8217;s direction.
&#8220;Let me say that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blizzcon 2008 announced</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/12/blizzcon-2008-announced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:12:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blizzard&#8217;s announced Blizzcon 2008, to take place at the Anaheim Convention Center from October 10-11.
“Whenever we’ve been able to meet and interact with Blizzard gamers from around the world, it’s been a great experience for us,” said Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime. “We’re looking forward to seeing even more of our players at this year’s BlizzCon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sony confirms November for Home open beta</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/12/sony-confirms-november-for-home-open-beta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/12/sony-confirms-november-for-home-open-beta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Ron Festejo, Home&#8217;s creative director, has confirmed that Home will enter its open beta phase in November this year.
&#8220;Home is currently in a closed beta phase,&#8221; he said, speaking at last week&#8217;s SCEE PlayStation Day in London. &#8220;We have between 8,000 and 10,000 users in this closed beta phase. Around July we&#8217;re going to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gigantic amount of Wrath of the Lich King footage released</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/gigantic-amount-of-wrath-of-the-lich-king-footage-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
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On Gaming Today. There are nine big movies there, including an interview with designer J Kaplan &#038; Producer J Allen Brack, loads of vehicle combat, 70+ instances and more.
Wrath of the Lich King is the next World of Warcraft update, due later this year. Looks pretty. See for yourself.
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		<title>Five years of content factored into Warhammer Online</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/09/five-years-of-content-factored-into-warhammer-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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According to this GI piece, EA Mythic&#8217;s Josh Drescher reckons there&#8217;s five year&#8217;s worth of content and growth space in upcoming MMO Warhammer Online.
&#8220;All the under-the-hood numbers all actually scale through the next five years,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;What you don&#8217;t want is when you launch the game you&#8217;ve got 40 levels - and it takes however [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US online game subs exceed $1 billion PA</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/us-online-game-subs-exceed-1-billion-pa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NPD&#8217;s confirmed that online game subscriptions in the US now exceed more than $1 billion per year, Next-Gen reports.
The billion-dollar figure includes three categories: MMO, casual and console revenues.
&#8220;Now that NPD can estimate the value of the subscription market, it&#8217;s clear that there is a sizable chunk of revenue being generated by PC gaming beyond [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA&#8217;s Moore on Home: &#8220;Let&#8217;s go already&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/08/eas-moore-on-home-lets-go-already/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 06:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to Eurogamer, EA&#8217;s Peter Moore said that he&#8217;s &#8220;disappointed&#8221; with the face Sony&#8217;s chosen to push Home into the back half of this year.
&#8220;Yeah; I just wish it would ship,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;I [previously] questioned it a little bit, whether I&#8217;d want to wander around there. Phil Harrison showed me a demo - it&#8217;s very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SCEE PlayStation Day: Home hands-on</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/scee-playstation-day-home-hands-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/07/scee-playstation-day-home-hands-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 06:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gamespot&#8217;s posted a hands-on with Home from the SCEE PlayStation Day yesterday. From the piece:
As long as you have a game installed on the hard drive or in the disc tray, you can jump straight into an online lobby from within Home. This means that you skip any of the game&#8217;s introductions, and in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Codemasters to bring MMO dev in-house</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/06/codemasters-to-bring-mmo-dev-in-house/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/06/codemasters-to-bring-mmo-dev-in-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 08:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this GI report, Codemasters is planning on developing its own MMOs.
&#8220;We always had a five year plan and it was always in the middle of that five year plan that we would start developing our own games,&#8221; said Codemasters Online Gaming (COG) head Dave Solari.
&#8220;We are looking at that and we have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Champions Online dev diary details &#8220;Mentalists&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/05/champions-online-dev-diary-details-mentalists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
In a Q&#038;A with forum users on the subject of upcoming super-hero MMO Champions Online, Cryptic Studios&#8217; Randy &#8220;Arkayne&#8221; Mosiondz and Victor &#8220;Sporkfire&#8221; Wachter have claimed that, &#8220;Bricks are just as effective as Mentalists when it comes to fire blasts, but Energy Projectors gain a bonus when using them because that&#8217;s their focus.&#8221;
Which is nice. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chinese online gaming market up 71% YoY</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/03/chinese-online-gaming-market-up-71-yoy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/03/chinese-online-gaming-market-up-71-yoy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 19:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Gamasutra article, revenue for online games in China was up 71 percent from 2006 to 2007 to $1.7 billion - with 21 percent of that figure coming from casual and &#8220;advanced casual&#8221; titles.
The numbers come from market research firm Niko Partners&#8217; sixth Annual Review &#038; Forecast Report on China&#8217;s Video Game Industry.
&#8220;Disposable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lego Universe will use bricks as in-game currency, may come to console</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/03/lego-universe-will-use-bricks-as-in-game-currency-may-come-to-console/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/03/lego-universe-will-use-bricks-as-in-game-currency-may-come-to-console/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Reuters article, upcoming MMO Lego Universe will use Lego bricks themselves as in-game currency and may head to consoles after an initial PC launch.
&#8220;The more a child plays, they collect more coins and more bricks. The more you play, the more you get to build things,&#8221; said project head Mark William Hansen.
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Longevity of MMOs is key attraction for NASA game</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/01/longevity-of-mmos-is-key-attraction-for-nasa-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/01/longevity-of-mmos-is-key-attraction-for-nasa-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to Gamespot, NASA Learning Technologies project manager Dr Daniel Laughlin has revealed that the Agency is developing an MMO partly because of the problems of limited shelf life and sequelitis associated with more traditional games.
&#8220;Even a really good title in a couple of months is going to be stale, and you&#8217;re going to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stargate Worlds beta sign-up open now</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/01/stargate-worlds-beta-sign-up-open-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 12:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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MMO Stargate Worlds is now taking sign-ups for its beta, as you can see on the game&#8217;s official site.
The game&#8217;s based on the Egyptian sci-fi thing you may know and love, and has no fixed release date.
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		<title>FFXI 2008 Edition will release this month</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/01/ffxi-2008-edition-will-release-this-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/01/ffxi-2008-edition-will-release-this-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 11:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Square Enix has announced a 2008 edition of Final Fantasy XI, for release in Europe on May 23.
The new SKU, for both PC and 360, contains all four expansion packs - Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Treasures of Aht Urghan, and latest Wings of the Goddess.
&#8220;The world of Final Fantasy XI continues to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turbine takes another $40 million in VC</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/05/01/turbine-takes-another-40-million-in-vc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 05:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
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According to this Private Equity Hub report, LotRO developer Turbine&#8217;s raised a further $40 million in VC funding for as yet unknown purposes.
The company has now raised a total of $90 million in VC, apparently, the most recent round being a $30 million injection in February 2005.
That piece speculates that Turbine is about to announce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Champions Online screens released</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/30/new-champions-online-screens-released/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:02:50 +0000</pubDate>
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Cryptic&#8217;s put out another three screens of its upcoming superhero MMO, Champions online. It appears we&#8217;re in the post-coital GTA IV news lull: it&#8217;s slower than Barry White screwing a &#8220;lady&#8221; out there today.
Not that we&#8217;re saying Champions Online&#8217;s rubbish. Because it isn&#8217;t. See after the link.
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		<title>Confirmed: EA-Land nuked</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/30/confirmed-ea-land-nuked/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/30/confirmed-ea-land-nuked/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EA is to close down MMO wierdy thing EA-Land, after moving all The Sims Online inhabitants over to it in late February.
According to an official blog post, &#8220;It is with mixed emotions that today we are announcing the EA-Land experiment will soon draw to a close.
&#8220;Since 2002, EA-Land / TSO has attracted a very special [...]]]></description>
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		<title>City of Heroes celebrates fourth birthday</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/29/city-of-heroes-celebrates-fourth-birthday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:39:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCsoft&#8217;s City of Heroes is now four years old, and lead designer Matt Miller is having a hard time coming to terms with he MMO&#8217;s longevity.
&#8220;I am pleased beyond all belief that this game continues to prosper four years into its life,&#8221; he said in a statement. &#8220;Our community is stronger than ever, the game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age of Conan chap shows mounted combat in video</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/29/age-of-conan-chap-shows-mounted-combat-in-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s on Videogamer.com. The video shows fighting on horses, rhinos and elephants. Cool. The Eidos MMO is looking like you&#8217;ll probably buy it even if you&#8217;re remotely interested, and launches on May 20.
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		<title>EA acquisition allowed Mythic to delay Warhammer Online, says Drescher</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/26/ea-acquisition-allowed-mythic-to-delay-warhammer-online-says-drescher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/26/ea-acquisition-allowed-mythic-to-delay-warhammer-online-says-drescher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking to videogaming247 at yesterday&#8217;s EA Games Studio Showcase in London, Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning associate producer Josh Drescher said the MMO could have shipped a year ago had Mythic not been acquired by EA.
&#8220;We certainly could have shipped the game a year ago and we probably would have done fine in the market, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BioWare aims to make secret MMO &#8220;the most compelling experience ever delivered&#8221;, says boss Muzyka</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/26/bioware-aims-to-make-secret-mmo-the-most-compelling-experience-ever-delivered-says-boss-muzyka/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:46:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Speaking to videogaming247 at yesterday&#8217;s EA Games Studio Showcase in London, BioWare head Ray Muzyka said that the developer&#8217;s as yet unnamed MMO will be &#8220;most compelling&#8221; gaming &#8220;experience ever delivered,&#8221; assuming the development team achieves its targets.
&#8220;I think the idea of emotion and narrative in an online game, combined with the best of breed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EA Games Studio Showcase: Warhammer Online presentation and one-on-one interview – streaming audio</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/25/ea-games-studio-showcase-warhammer-online-presentation-and-one-on-one-interview-%e2%80%93-streaming-audio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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EA showed a brand new presentation of Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning at its spring showcase in London today. Apparently you’re going to be “fighting all the time.” Which is nice.
For streaming audio of the entire presentation, hit the play button below.

For our one-on-one interview with Josh Drescher, the EA Mythic MMO’s associate producer, just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LotRO turns one, releases Book 13</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/25/lotro-turns-one-releases-book-13/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Turbine&#8217;s The Lord of the Rings Online is officially one year old, and to celebrate has announced an anniversary pricing promotion.
The Lord of the Rings Online anniversary promotion lets new and existing subscribers play for only $9.99 a month when they sign up for three months or more of service!
    * 3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Germans go mental for Warhammer Online</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/24/germans-go-mental-for-warhammer-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:48:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to TenTonHammer, the German edition of the Warhammer Online CE has sold out on Amazon. Go the Germans. The game isn&#8217;t even out until this autumn. For the record, Germany absolutely beserk for WoW, so the fact they&#8217;re looking for something fresh on the fantasy side isn&#8217;t incredibly surprising. You can find the official [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age of Conan PvP movie looks pretty cool</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/24/age-of-conan-pvp-movie-looks-pretty-cool/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 17:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a movie on CVG of Age of Conan&#8217;s PvP aspects, and it&#8217;s all looking very good, if this sort of thing floats your boat. Funcom&#8217;s Erling Ellingsen takes us through the various modes in the game, including Capture the Skull and Team Annihilation. There&#8217;s also a quick snip of Siege Warfare at the end, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet ding-dong emerges over NASA MMO details</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/24/internet-ding-dong-emerges-of-nasa-mmo-details/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:50:49 +0000</pubDate>
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According to this Massively story, MMO journos appear to be getting their knickers in a twist over specifics on the development of the NASA MMO announced in January.
After a meeting with NASA last week, at which the agency wanted to meet prospective developers for the project, several sites - including Slashdot and Massively - reported [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age of Conan to cost €12.99 plus VAT a month</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/23/age-of-conan-to-cost-e1299-plus-vat-a-month/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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According to this TenTonHammer piece, Funcom has released an investor report that reveals Age of Conan&#8217;s monthly pricing in Europe at €12.99. Plus VAT.
In the UK, the VAT rate&#8217;s 17.5 percent, which means the game will cost in the region of €15.30 or £12.20 per month to play.
The MMO&#8217;s going to cost $14.99 in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age of Conan gold</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/22/age-of-conan-gold/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:11:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years, untold gallons of baby oil and loads of other barbarian-based cliches later, Funcom&#8217;s completed MMO Age of Conan and sent it off to master.
&#8220;After four years of development co-publishers Funcom and Eidos are proud to announce that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures has gone gold,&#8221; said the company in a statement. &#8220;One of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home delayed again</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/22/home-delayed-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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SCEA&#8217;s just confirmed that Home has been pushed back again. The closed beta will now continue through the summer, with an open beta beginning in the autumn.
&#8220;We understand that we are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but we have come to the conclusion that we need more time to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Realtime Worlds retains APB distribution rights</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/21/realtime-worlds-retains-apb-distribution-rights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realtime Worlds will self-publish APB, the company has confirmed today.
&#8220;Owning the distribution rights to APB marks a major milestone in Realtime Worlds&#8217; evolution into a premier online entertainment company,&#8221; said studio boss David Jones.
&#8220;By controlling the rights to APB we can ensure that gamers around the globe experience the revolutionary gameplay we envisioned when we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wrath of the Lich King shots leaked</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/21/wrath-of-the-lich-king-shots-leaked/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WoWInsider&#8217;s posted some leaked screens of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King. Looks pretty. We&#8217;re not hosting these because Blizzard has probably dispatched war rocket Ajax to bring back someone&#8217;s body, so we&#8217;re best off out of it. Take a look for yourself. The expansion&#8217;s out this year.
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		<title>$50 million is &#8220;what it takes,&#8221; says Realtime boss</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/21/50-million-is-what-it-takes-says-realtime-boss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Realtime Worlds head David Jones has said that the $50 million the developer recently secured to continue work on APB and various other projects is a simple reality of triple A games creation.
&#8220;It&#8217;s easy for some people to underestimate what it really takes these days to produce a great game,&#8221; he said, talking to GI. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blizzard turned down Boll on WoW movie</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/21/blizzard-turned-down-boll-on-wow-movie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:16:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Uwe Boll has revealed that he approached Blizzard about doing a World of Warcraft movie and got shot down immediately.
“I got in contact with Paul Sams of Blizzard, and he said, ‘We will not sell the movie rights, not to you… especially not to you,’” Boll told MTV. “Because it’s such a big online game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AoC open beta starts May 1</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/20/age-of-conan-open-beta-starts-may-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to this Funcom press release, the Age of Conan open beta is to begin on May 1, in conjunction with IGN. FilePlanet&#8217;s going to host the beta exclusively, and 50,000 players will be able to get in the action on a first come, first served basis.
“When we started development of Age of Conan four [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCsoft launches NCcoin for microtransactions</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/17/ncsoft-launches-nccoin-for-microtransactions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCsoft&#8217;s launched NCcoin, a currency for use in its MMOs that allows micopayments for items, and such.
The system&#8217;s going to be first used in Exteel, apparently, with $1 equating to 100 NCcoins, and will be rolled out across &#8220;many&#8221; of the publisher&#8217;s existing and upcoming titles.
&#8220;NCsoft&#8217;s goal is to bring more and more people into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get head start in Age of Conan with preorder</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/17/get-head-start-in-age-of-conan-with-preorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Kotaku, those that pre-order Age of Conan will get to start playing three days before the poor lowly fool that go into a &#8220;shop&#8221; and buy the game on May 20. Pre-ordering also grants rights to special items in the MMO past level 40, such as &#8220;the War Mammoth and Killer Rhino mounts&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pirate MMO sails the seven servers - then turns them off</title>
		<link>http://www.videogaming247.com/2008/04/16/pirates-mmo-sails-the-seven-servers-then-turns-them-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patlike</dc:creator>
		
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SOE&#8217;s confirmed that seven of the 11 Pirates of the Burning Sea servers are being shut down. The MMO doesn&#8217;t have enough players to make the piratic magic happen across the full quota of launch servers, the company said in a statement on the game&#8217;s official site.
When Pirates of the Burning Sea launched on January [...]]]></description>
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